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NY A05911
Bill
Status
2/24/2025
Primary Sponsor
Christopher Eachus
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AI Summary
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Establishes the "Vapor Products Regulatory Act of 2025" requiring child-proof caps on e-liquid bottles, tamper-evident packaging, and nicotine addictiveness warning labels on all vapor products sold in New York
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Prohibits labeling, packaging, or marketing vapor products using terms like "candy," "bubble gum," "cotton candy," "gummy bear," or "lollipop," as well as imagery of cartoons, superheroes, video games, or food brands primarily marketed to minors
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Bans vapor product advertisements on social media unless recipients are age-verified, and prohibits billboard advertisements within 1,000 feet of schools, playgrounds, or youth centers
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Authorizes civil penalties up to $5,000 per violation by the Department of Health, and allows the Attorney General to seek injunctive relief and penalties up to $10,000 per violation for marketing-related offenses
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Creates the "vapor products compliance fund" to collect civil penalties and fund enforcement, with an exemption for adult-only stores restricted to persons 21 and older
Legislative Description
Relates to the labeling, marketing and safety requirements of vapor products; prohibits labeling or marketing vapor products with certain terms, designs, or imagery; prohibits marketing such products to persons under 21; establishes penalties for violating such provisions; establishes the vapor products compliance fund.
Last Action
referred to health
1/7/2026